COLOMBO, May 5 -- The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Monday (4) commemorated Dutch Remembrance Day with a solemn ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves section of Jawatta Cemetery in Colombo, honouring Dutch nationals who died in war and are buried on Sri Lankan soil.

Acting Ambassador Iwan Rutjens laid floral tributes at the war memorial and at the individual graves of Dutch victims, followed by the observance of two minutes of silence in keeping with the Netherlands' longstanding national tradition of remembrance.

A total of 36 Dutch nationals who died during and in the aftermath of World War II are buried in cemeteries in Colombo, Kandy and Trincomalee.

The annual observance forms part of the Netherlands' National Rem...